Mercury

by Jayson McDonald

Theatre Row, December 2024

The Players Theatre, Spring 2026

As temperatures rise in the midst of a scorching summer heatwave, three women play a game of whodunit - a murder that has happened, will happen, or is happening right now.  With each retelling, the details shift, names change, locations vary and time bends.  Yet the murder remains inevitable - a tragic event slowly transforming into urban legend.  Is it a crime of passion or simply a crime of opportunity?